Mr. Steve Dubin was appointed Chief Executive Officer in July 2006. He joined the Company in April 1992, holding a variety of positions including Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary & General Counsel, and Senior Vice President of Business Development. In 2003, Mr. Dubin was appointed President of the Company. In these capacities, he was responsible for the Company's strategic planning, operations, finance, and sales and marketing groups. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Dubin was employed in various positions at Suburban Bank (now a part of Bank of America) including Vice President of Suburban Capital Corporation, the bank's venture capital subsidiary. In this position, he helped lead Martek's initial round of institutional venture financing in 1986.
Mr. Dubin currently serves in a variety of non-profit business leadership positions including the Tech Council of Maryland and MdBio, a private non-profit corporation that seeks to unify, empower and advance Maryland's bioscience industry. Mr. Dubin holds a Bachelors degree from University of Maryland, College Park, and a Juris Doctor degree from the National Law Center at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. He is a licensed CPA and a member of the Maryland Bar.
David Abramson
President
Mr. Abramson was appointed President in September 2006. He joined Martek in 2003 to lead the Business Development department. Prior to joining Martek, he was the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for U.S. Foodservice (1996 – 2003). In addition, Mr. Abramson was also the Executive Vice President for Legal Affairs at Ahold, U.S.A. (2000 – 2003). Mr. Abramson also served on the Board of Directors of U.S. Foodservice from 1994-2003. During his tenure with US Foodservice, he directed the acquisition efforts in which the Company's business grew in excess of 1500%. Prior to joining U.S. Foodservice, Mr. Abramson was the President of a corporate law firm based in Columbia, Maryland, Levan, Schimel, Belman & Abramson, P.A, which is now part of Miles & Stockbridge. Mr. Abramson specialized in corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions. He has also served on the board of numerous non-profit community organizations, including serving as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Howard County General Hospital- A Member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Abramson graduated from George Washington University in 1975, where he obtained a Bachelors of Business Administration in accounting. He received his Juris Doctor Degree, with honors, from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1978. Mr. Abramson is a member of the Maryland Bar.
Peter L. Buzy
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration
Mr. Buzy joined Martek in March 1998 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Martek, Mr. Buzy spent 13 years with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young LLP, most recently as an audit partner in the Northern Virginia High Technology/Life Sciences Practice. Mr. Buzy is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He received his B.S. in accounting from Salisbury State University.
Peter A. Nitze
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President
Mr. Peter Nitze joined Martek in September 2005 as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He began his career in finance at General Electric and has subsequently held positions of increasing responsibility in engineering, supply chain, operations and general management. Prior to joining Martek, Mr. Nitze held senior level operations positions at DRS Technologies, Regulatory DataCorp and business units of Honeywell International. He received his M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and his B.A. from Harvard University.
David M. Feitel
EVP, General Counsel and Secretary
Mr. Feitel joined Martek in 2004 as Associate General Counsel and was elected to the position of Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in December 2006. From 2003 until joining Martek, he practiced law at Miles & Stockbridge P.C., where he had started his legal career in 1988. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Feitel was the Vice President and General Counsel of BCE Emergis, an eCommerce service provider and a subsidiary of Bell Canada. Prior to BCE Emergis, Mr. Feitel worked for the Discovery Group, a Columbus, Ohio-based venture capital company, from 1997 through 2000. Mr. Feitel received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1988.
Barney Easterling
Senior Vice President, Manufacturing
Mr. Easterling grew up in Denmark, South Carolina. He graduated from Clemson University with a degree in premedicine. After college, he began his career at Baxter Travenol in Kingstree, with a short interruption for a tour of duty as a medic in Vietnam. In July, 1977, Gist-Brocades DSM purchased the fermentation and recovery operation of Baxter and operated the plant site until 1994. At that time, 8 partners formed FermPro Manufacturing LP, assuming ownership of operations at this site. Mr. Easterling became its President and CEO. In September, 2003, Martek Biosciences Corporation acquired FermPro to expand its production capacity in developing products derived from microalgae. With the acquisition, he was named Vice President of Manufacturing of Martek. In March 2004, the Martek Board of Directors elected Mr. Easterling to the position of Senior Vice President of Manufacturing, continuing his duties over all operations at Martek's Kingstree and Winchester facilities.
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